I took this photo at Turbid Well, just outside Millstreet. The well is forty feet in diameter and is said to be the second largest well in Western Europe. The healing water of this well have brought comfort to so many pilgrims down through the years.

I said the following short prayer at this holy well for you: Fill our hearts with peace and love this Christmas. Guide me with light and hope and especially when I need it the most. Amen

 

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Thought For The Week

On Sunday we celebrated the third Sunday of Advent which is called ‘Joyful Sunday’. We celebrate good news and good news only. But as we know so well it’s bad news that always makes the headlines. It simply has quicker and faster legs than those of good news.  We need to bring the balance back in.

That is why ‘Joyful Sunday’ is one of those days that is so important. There are good news stories all around us but they often get squashed and pushed to one side. These good news stories do not have to make the headlines. It is often the small and insignificant good news stories that really are the best of all.

Christmas can rightly be called a ‘Celebration of Good News’ but especially a celebration of your good news. The message of ‘Joyful Sunday’ is that you are special and always worth celebrating. If we cannot do that, then there is no point having Christmas. Christmas celebrates you and celebrates the something special you bring to each day.

I hope you can pause for a brief moment today and realise you are good news. Sometimes we are slow to believe this. So maybe tell someone special in your life that they are good news. What a beautiful early Christmas gift to share.

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